Uganda: Consultant position - Wellspring
Wellspring Advisors seeks a Uganda-Based Consultant to provide critical support and oversight to its Uganda grants programs, which focus on pro-poor economic development, children’s rights and development, women’s rights, reproductive health and rights, and human rights. These wide-ranging portfolios cover such issues as land and property rights, violence against women, corporate social responsibility, disability rights, education, child protection, microfinance, smallholder agriculture, and small and medium enterprise development.
Wellspring Advisors is a private philanthropic consulting firm with offices in New York and Washington, DC. We coordinate strategic giving programs that are tailored to our clients’ philanthropic passions and their desire to do their grantmaking anonymously. Our services include donor education and helping to shape a strategic vision; identification and presentation of appropriate funding opportunities; grants administration; and reporting.
How to apply
Send an email to [email][email protected] specifying to which consultancy you are applying in the subject line. Please attach the following three documents:
1. Cover letter highlighting relevant qualifications and salary history;
2. Current resume with three professional references; and
3. Writing sample (5-page maximum).
Applications must be received by November 30, 2008.
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Uganda-Based Consultant
Wellspring Advisors seeks a Uganda-Based Consultant to provide critical support and oversight to its Uganda grants programs, which focus on pro-poor economic development, children’s rights and development, women’s rights, reproductive health and rights, and human rights. These wide-ranging portfolios cover such issues as land and property rights, violence against women, corporate social responsibility, disability rights, education, child protection, microfinance, smallholder agriculture, and small and medium enterprise development. The portfolios encompass policy advocacy, service delivery, and grantmaking to local organizations and international NGOs.
The consultant will report to Wellspring’s international program team. The initial time commitment associated with this consultancy will be part-time, approximately 60-80 hours per month, for an initial period of three months. Wellspring Advisors will not sponsor any candidates to relocate to Uganda and/or obtain any necessary legal documentation in Uganda, such as visas or work permits. Similarly, Wellspring will not sponsor candidates to move to or work in the United States.
Responsibilities
As requested by the international program team, the consultant will:
* Conduct due diligence and site visits for current and prospective organizations; monitor current grantee organizations and use of grant funds; evaluate grantee performance;
* Identify and suggest prospective organizations that might align with Wellspring’s clients’ programmatic priorities;
* Report findings and recommendations to Wellspring’s international program staff through bi-weekly updates and regular conference call meetings;
* Provide Wellspring with updates on unfolding current events that may have an impact on its partners or program focus;
* Support grantees and applicants to ensure completion and submission of applications and reports;
* Engage and network with donors and NGOs working in relevant fields in Uganda; attend relevant forums, meetings, and conferences;
* Provide support in the planning and coordination of grant-related activities, including technical assistance provision, trainings, and convenings;
* Support Wellspring staff in planning and executing site visits to local partners; and
* Perform related duties as requested and as needs evolve.
Qualifications
* 3-5 years professional experience working in the fields of international development and/or human rights in Uganda;
* University degree required; graduate degree preferred;
* Excellent English oral and written communications skills and analytic abilities required, knowledge of local languages a plus;
* Ability to work across a range of programmatic issue areas; specific experience in the areas of human rights, economic development, women’s rights, reproductive health, and/or children’s rights a plus;
* Prior experience with grantmaking or grants management a plus;
* Strategic planning and other organizational development skills a plus;
* Initiative, resourcefulness, and flexibility—ability to work independently with minimal supervision;
* Demonstrated commitment to Wellspring’s grantmaking priorities;
* Ability to travel within Uganda and to the U.S.; and
* Ability to handle confidential client information with complete discretion.